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Episode 186: Understanding the Effects of Trauma (w/ Cordelia Cranshaw Skeete)

Cordelia Cranshaw Skeete is a former foster youth, foster system advocate, coach, author, speaker, former Miss District of Columbia USA 2019, founder of Acts of Random Kindness (a nonprofit that provides resources to children and…

Jami KaebJune 5, 2023

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What to Say to Someone Who is Adopting a Child

Have you ever had a friend or family member walking through the adoption process, and you feel unsure of what to say? Or maybe you said something you thought would be fine, but it wasn’t…

Sarah WilsonJune 1, 2023

Podcast

Episode 185: Walking Through Grief After Foster Care (w/ Melissa Smallwood)

Melissa Smallwood found herself in the foster care system as a teenager and, along with the trauma she had experienced, her foster care experience had a lasting impact on her life. She moved from being…

Jami KaebMay 29, 2023

Podcast

Episode 184: How Awareness Leads to Action (w/ Sarah Butler)

Sarah Butler, TFI Advocate in Conecuh County, AL, didn’t imagine she would be able to be a foster parent. But after seeing another family foster, she saw it was possible and she and her husband…

Jami KaebMay 22, 2023

Podcast

Episode 183: Supporting Your Biological Children While Fostering (w/ Daniela Coats)

Just as much as a foster placement can bring up hard emotions for foster children, the same is true for biological children. However, there isn’t as strong of a focus on supporting the biological children…

Jami KaebMay 15, 2023

Podcast

Episode 182: A Story of Hope, Healing, and Forgiveness (w/ Dairius Kawewehi)

In today's episode, I have the opportunity to talk with Dairius Kawewahi. Dairius entered foster care due to the abuse he and his brother suffered from their biological father. Although Dairius was unaware that the…

Jami KaebMay 8, 2023

Podcast

Episode 181: Intentionally Serving the Foster Care Community (w/ Candace Franklin)

To kick off our episodes for this month, today I’m sharing my conversation with Candace Franklin, who is not only a Social Worker Supervisor, but also a foster parent and advocate for the foster care…

Jami KaebMay 1, 2023

Podcast

Episode 180: Advocating for Those That Feel Forgotten (w/ Tess Dykstra)

Joining me for today’s episode is one of our TFI Advocates, Tess Dykstra. Tess has been an Advocate for Cobb County, GA since November 2021. In addition to her role as a TFI Advocate, Tess…

Jami KaebApril 24, 2023

Podcast

Episode 179: Recognizing Signs of Grooming and Trafficking (w/ Tiffani Price)

Tiffani Price is a survivor of human trafficking and Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA). She deeply understands the many difficulties facing this vulnerable population as she was trafficked by her adoptive parents.

Jami KaebApril 17, 2023

Podcast

Episode 178: The “Fun Circus” of Life as a Single Foster Dad (w/ Tyler Daily)

Heather Simpson is a mom to four biological boys, a foster parent, and a charge nurse at Brigid’s Path, an infant recovery center.

Jami KaebApril 10, 2023

foster parents

Episode 186: Understanding the Effects of Trauma (w/ Cordelia Cranshaw Skeete)

What to Say to Someone Who is Adopting a Child

Episode 185: Walking Through Grief After Foster Care (w/ Melissa Smallwood)

Episode 184: How Awareness Leads to Action (w/ Sarah Butler)

Episode 183: Supporting Your Biological Children While Fostering (w/ Daniela Coats)

Episode 182: A Story of Hope, Healing, and Forgiveness (w/ Dairius Kawewehi)

Episode 181: Intentionally Serving the Foster Care Community (w/ Candace Franklin)

Episode 180: Advocating for Those That Feel Forgotten (w/ Tess Dykstra)

Episode 179: Recognizing Signs of Grooming and Trafficking (w/ Tiffani Price)

Episode 178: The “Fun Circus” of Life as a Single Foster Dad (w/ Tyler Daily)

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